But that wasn’t my intent at all.
I just wanted her to be comfortable. Alive.Strong.
My grip gentled in her hair as I softened our kiss, my tongue less vigorous, my mouth not as demanding.
It turned sensual. Seductive.Worshipping.
She shivered in response, her body melting into mine as the power of my blood heightened her senses. I didn’t take advantage of that reaction, simply kissed her until we were both panting with the need to breathe.
Then I reached over to turn off the water.
She blinked startled eyes up at me, her mind still anticipating a brutal fucking.
It didn’t matter that my thoughts telegraphed otherwise. She’d more or less come to expect it during our short time together. And a darker part of her craved it.
However, this wasn’t the time.
I needed to restore her faith in me before I released my beast again.
With one last brush of my lips against hers, I guided her to the shower exit and grabbed a towel. She quivered as I wrapped her up in the cotton, freshly warmed from the towel rack.
Then I took another for myself before lifting her into the air and carrying her to the bed.
She didn’t protest as I laid her down, her mind and body too exhausted from the day to even care that her hair was wet against the pillows.
While my blood invigorated her soul, it couldn’t cure her of being tired.
I leaned down to kiss her cheek, my lips lingering against her ear. “Sleep, my queen. Tonight, we’ll tell the others that theyhave a king. And together, we’ll chase away the pain. Define our future, and give purpose to our past.”
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
KYLAN
“Mmm,”I hummed, my hips pressing Raelyn’s into the mattress beneath us. “I really do like you in this position.”
Ice-blue eyes glared up at me. “Good evening to you, too.”
I chuckled and brushed my nose against hers. “It’s not good yet, little lamb. But it’s about to begreat.” I caught her lower lip between my teeth before she could comment, my cock sliding through her slick heat.
She arched into me, her body responding to mine the way it always did, her pussy ready to be fucked. Pleasured.Owned.
I drove inside her, eliciting a delicious scream from her mouth. She’d been asleep when this game had started, my lips caressing her neck while my hands had fondled her tits. I’d been pressed up behind her, my body hard against her soft curves.
And when she’d moaned, I’d moved her to her back.
Then I’d woken her with my dick right against her clit.
Sleepy foreplay had become a favorite between us, her body coming alive for me in ways that made me want to make her mine over and over again.
I would never tire of this female.
My Raelyn.
My vampire mate.
“More,” she whispered. “Please, Kylan. I need?—”
The sound of a door opening in our suite had me rolling off of her and to my feet in an instant, my hand automatically going for the knife in my nightstand.
